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Item 1 on the agenda is the election—at last—of a deputy convener. As I understand it, under the D'Hondt principles our deputy convener will come from the Labour party. Who is being nominated from among the Labour members of the committee? I am informed that we do not need a seconder.
I nominate Gordon Jackson.
Gordon Jackson has been nominated. Are there any other nominations? If there are no other nominations, does the committee agree that Gordon Jackson should be the deputy convener of the Justice and Home Affairs Committee?
Gordon Jackson was elected deputy convener by acclamation.
Welcome, Gordon. I can now go off and do what I intended to do for the rest of the morning. [Laughter.]